Every Day Is What You Make Of It

Real excitement in a small town is sometimes hard to find.

Not so with the Rolfs clan. We make our own excitement - with ease. Of course, everything is relative so maybe I'm completely wrong.

Today the gals were busy making the most of their last free Friday before school starts up next week.

Alexia had a friend over for most of the day - as did Mikayla. Too wet to go out, too cold to play ball, so they sat in the house and, well, I'm not sure exactly what they did because I was at work. Chances are high that entertainment included lots of imaginative play involving animals.

The gals found some time to do a little party planning & related shopping for Alexia's upcoming birthday. Chances are the party will be some kind of animal theme (yep... dogs) but I'm still hoping they reconsider my suggestion.

We met up for a late dinner in Burlington after I finished my last bus-commute day for the summer. The bus was really quiet today, except for the 11 year old who kept forgetting to turn down the sound on his video game, the bio-chemist who claims to also be a professional guitar player (live demonstration halted by bus driver) and the 55+ year old WWU Cheerleader wannabe. Despite the excitement, Mr. Holistic Medicine couldn't stay awake and woke up just moments after we passed his stop. Whoops! He might want to consider some natural caffeine for his next bus ride.

After dinner some of us (ok, one of us) pondered the painted on eyebrows of the Dollar Store cashier while the rest of the family finished party shopping.

Once home, our Tech-Guru Tanya immediately dominated the computer with hopes of being the first teacher to finish her district website for the year. She was all giggles until she found a coworkers website with flashy colors and clip art jazz. She'll be back at it tomorrow for sure.

So, here comes a three day weekend. Should be some great stories to share in the near future.

Can anyone enlighten me as to what a "decodable book" is? I'm pretty sure it has more to it than a simple 'rolling eyes' gesture.